The Daughter Who Solved Her Mother’s Murder

About this episode

Megan Tomlinson shares her journey of using Open-Source Intelligence to solve her mother's murder and discusses related issues in missing persons cases.

In this deeply personal and technical episode, we sit down with Megan Tomlinson to discuss a journey that feels like it was written for a true crime script—except it was her reality. Megan spent years teaching herself Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to help find missing persons, never realizing she would eventually use those exact tools to solve her own mother’s murder. We also pull back the curtain on the Hailey Buzbee case. Megan shares her involvement in the search for Hailey and the legislative push for Hailey's Law . We discuss the terrifying reality of digital grooming, why "runaway" labels are costing children their lives, and what parents need to know about the shift toward encrypted messaging apps.

People in this episode

Host: Johnette Cruz

Guest: Megan Tomlinson

Topics covered

• true crime
• OSINT
• missing persons
• digital grooming
• legislation
• parenting

Keywords

• murder
• OSINT
• Hailey Buzbee
• digital grooming
• encrypted messaging
• missing persons
• legislation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hailey's Law

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